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Doak, Frances Renfrow, 1887-1974
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Frances Renfrow Doak (1887-1974), native of Nash County, N.C., studied at Littleton College (1901-1903) and graduated from Draughton's Business College in 1905. She began her career as a stenographer in 1906, and from 1909 to 1913 was clerk-stenographer for the firm of Charles B. Aycock and Robert Winston. Between 1928 and 1931 she aired the first radio program by a woman in the South and subsequently became very active in the N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, serving as state executive secretary (1941-1951). Mrs. Doak campaigned for numerous Democratic candidates, including Senator Frank P. Graham, Terry Sanford, W. Kerr Scott, and John F. Kennedy and became the Democratic Party's vice-chairwoman of the Seventh Precinct (1960). She held various government positions, including assistant to Governor Charles B. Aycock (1909-1913) and an employee of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1934-1941) and the National Youth Administration (1940-1942). She also was a practicing Quaker and very active in Quaker-related activities. Mrs. Doak was married to Charles G. "Chick" Doak, longtime baseball coach and athletic director at N.C. State University.Frances Renfrow Doak (1887-1974), native of Nash County, N.C., studied at Littleton College (1901-1903) and graduated from Draughton's Business College in 1905. She began her career as a stenographer in 1906, and from 1909 to 1913 was clerk-stenographer for the firm of Charles B. Aycock and Robert Winston. Between 1928 and 1931 she aired the first radio program by a woman in the South and subsequently became very active in the N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, serving as state executive secretary (1941-1951). Mrs. Doak campaigned for numerous Democratic candidates, including Senator Frank P. Graham, Terry Sanford, W. Kerr Scott, and John F. Kennedy and became the Democratic Party's vice-chairwoman of the Seventh Precinct (1960). She held various government positions, including assistant to Governor Charles B. Aycock (1909-1913) and an employee of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1934-1941) and the National Youth Administration (1940-1942). She also was a practicing Quaker and very active in Quaker-related activities. Mrs. Doak was married to Charles G. "Chick" Doak, longtime baseball coach and athletic director at N.C. State University.
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Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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creatorOf | Frances Renfrow Doak Papers, 1907-1965 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
referencedIn | James A. Hartness Papers, 1932-1933 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
referencedIn | Littleton College Memorial Association Papers | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library |
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Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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creatorOf | Frances Renfrow Doak & Charles Glenn Doak Oral History Interview, 1907-1965 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library |
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associatedWith | Aycock, Charles B. (Charles Brantley), 1859-1912. |
correspondedWith | Cooley, Harold Dunbar, 1897-1974 |
memberOf | Democratic Party (N.C.) |
spouseOf | Doak, Charles G., (Charles Glenn) |
associatedWith | Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972 |
associatedWith | Hartness, J. A. (James Alexander), 1863-1934. |
associatedWith | Littleton College Memorial Association. |
memberOf | North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. |
associatedWith | Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998 |
associatedWith | Scott, William Kerr, 1896-1958 |
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Birth 1887-10-13
Death 1974-09-14
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Doak, Charles G. Mrs, 1887-1974
Renfrow, Frances Blount, 1887-1974
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